Scene:

“Dream House”: You have traveled the world, seen wondrous sights, and still, when you approach this habitat, you have to stop and gaze! Never before have you seen such a well designed home. A house so aesthetically mesmerizing and completely at peace with its surroundings. This residence instills a sense of awe and you find yourself suddenly envious of its owners. Mentally your "creative drive" vows to design something equally as captivating! No, even surpassing! You set off to "Design Your Dream House".

Assignment:

Create your ideal "Dream House" digitally in 3D. It should portray that which is inspirational about architecture and touches us on some subconscious level. The emphasis should be on the exterior design of the residence. The structure is to be a single family residence. It can range from a treehouse to a mansion on a hill. No multi-family dwellings will be allowed.

The final image should portray your design intent. It should be a visual treat that is in character with the methods of architectural visualization.

The scene is to be a new piece of work for this contest. No pre-made/purchased models or images, with the exception of architectural entourage such as people, cars and plant life. In addition commercial textures and shaders are acceptable, see next paragraph for additional texture requirements. Photos of existing buildings etc. are to be used at a minimum and only as backgrounds; the majority of the work in the image is to be digitally created in 3D by you. Background art digitally created in 2D by the artist is preferred over digital photos and may actually be taken into special consideration. Whatever you employ, the majority of work must be generated in 3D.

You must use at least two (2) textures from Dosch Design in your final image and list them in your final forum entry. Free downloads for your use are located here: Dosch Design Free Texture Samples

Hints:

"Architecture" is the theme of this contest. While entourage and characters can add to the scene, they should not be the focal point and detract from the architectural imagery.

Make this a 'marvel to behold' but be sure that the scale is relevant to the subject matter. A large mansion may be more inspirational than a shack, but a well designed retreat in the woods may be more captivating than an oversized trac home!

Architectural Judges may find unique and environmentally harmonious dwellings more intellectually stimulating than grandness of scale. Use your design talents to create something exciting and thought provoking.

Prizes:

Please use the following link to view an up to date list of the prizes. Prizes and awarded positions may be increased, but not decreased. In the case of unforseen complications we reserve the right to substitute the prizes with similar prizes of equal or greater value. Prizes are at the following location: PRIZE PAGE

After judging has concluded we will be awarding an additional prize for participants who submitted a final entry using a Sponsors product. Dosch Design products are a required portion of the contest and will not be included in this category. Winners from the main portion of the Contest will also not be elligible. A forum thread will be set up for entrants to provide a screen shot of their entry visibly showing the product along with their final entry as submitted in the main contest. The prize for this portion will be a 'Limited Edition of Expose 3' by Ballistic Publishing, we believe it is Number 34, but cannot verify this until receiving the shipment.

Contest Process:

This Contest will be a WIP (Work in Progress) Contest. Participating parties are required to submit WIP, from the initial concept sketch to wire frame models, texturing in progress all the way to the final Entry. This is so that everyone can learn from one another and shall take place in 3DAllusions Contest forum thread. The WIP portion shall take place in the 3Dallusions forum within the topic titled “Dream House Contest”. Contestants are to start a thread titled as such “Artist Name – Project Name”, for example: “John Smith – House on the Prairie”. The ‘Deliverables’ as outlined below shall be posted within this thread along with other member’s comments on the project. A medium sized version of the final image shall also be submitted to the 3Dallusions gallery for viewing of the public and ranking by the members. The final Gallery entry and the large format TIF image submission to follow the same naming conventions as the forum thread. The process is as follows:

· Enter the Contest, registered members only, registration is free.
· Submit your work in progress images in the appropriate forum, on a regular basis.
· Participate in the community by critiquing other Contestant’s works in the respective forum.
· Submit your final medium sized entry in the Contest Gallery, and the full sized image via FTP by the Contest deadline.

Note: You are required to submit work in progress images, obtain feedback and give feedback to other Contestant’s in the WIP challenge. This is a requirement of the Contest and failure to do so may result in penalties during final judging. Community interaction is essential!

The contest will last approximately three months, starting May 05, 2005 and ending August 05, 2005 at midnight GMT. All entrants must Enter by July 05, 2005 by posting their first milestone sketch in the forum as outlined by the Contest Rules and Deliverables. Judging to commence immeadiately afterwards, August 05, 2005, in as reasonable amount of time, as scheduling allows, to give each finalist due consideration.

After final judging, infrastructure shall be put in place for entrants who submitted a final entry using a Sponsors product, to demonstrate their eligibility for an additional Prize. The Contestants will have one week to submit their documentation. The Prize will be awarded based on the position entry was ranked by Judges in the original judging.

Deliverables:

Each challenger is required to submit images (120kb 800x600 max or as per the upload restrictions of the forums) for the following milestones:

· Concept Sketch - JPG (online)
· Modeling - JPG (online)
· Texturing - JPG (online)
· Lighting - JPG (online)
· Rendering - JPG (online)
· Post Effects and Compositing, JPG (online)
· Final Image - JPG (online album/gallery) AND TIF (FTP).
· List the Dosch Design textures used in the scene.

Multiple requirements/milestones may be displayed in a single image and items like 'Post Effects' may not apply to your entry. In any event the artist must show their progress from start to finish. Any Contestant that does not demonstrate the above process by the contest deadline will not be considered for final judging.

After final judging, entrants that submitted a final entry may choose to document their use of a Sponsor's product in order to be elligible for an addtional prize. Documentation will include a screen shot of the entrants scene within the software and final entry submitted for initial judging. This will take place in a forum thread provided and naming convention is the same as the main contest itself.

Submissions:

Submissions will be online at www.3dallusions.com - "Dream House" Contest: Contest Forum
All submissions will be in JPG format (120kb 800x600 max or as per the upload restrictions of the forums), the final image, which will be JPG format (120kb 800x600 max or as per the upload restrictions of the Contest Gallery), to be submitted here: Contest Gallery

In addition, provide print-resolution TIF (2133x1600 or as large as your software package allows at 300dpi, no up-sampling of images for increased resolution), no exceptions taken.

Large resolution TIF images to be submitted at: 3Dallusions FTP

USER NAME: contest@3dallusions.com PASSWORD: contest

There will be no exceptions for late entries outside of hardware or software failure on our end.

Judging:

The Judges will review the entries based on the Assignment listed above and award their selection for Grand Prize, Runner Up and Honorable Mention in as timely a fashion as possible. In the event that any of the judges must resign their position, we reserve the right to substitute with an appropriate replacement. The panel’s decisions are final.

Additional Prize as discussed above will be based on the entries placing in the original judging.

Terms:

By submitting any entries to the 3D Allusions “Architectural Wonder” Contest, artists are giving rights for 'Sponsors' and 3DAllusions to use the material for marketing purposes in the context of the 3D Allusions “Dream House” Contest. For example: a Sponsor and 3DAllusions may use your entry with “credits to the artist”. Artists retain ownership of the material. By submitting an image, you agree to give us permission to display the image on our website(s) as described above. The image will remain your property, but you cannot claim any right or compensation for any reason related to the display of your image on our website(s). In addition no future arrangements between the artist and other parties shall nullify this agreement
No artwork will be used in any fashion without credit given to the artist.

No artwork will knowingly be sold, in whole or in part, by Sponsors or 3Dallusions.

The artist will be asked permission for the use of their artwork if outside of the scope of the contest or the above-mentioned purpose(s).

Rules:

· 3DAllusions members excluding moderators may enter the 3D Allusions “Dream House” Contest. Membership is free of charge.
· Employees of Sponsors are not allowed to enter this challenge.
· Pre-fabricated models are not allowed to be used, with the exception of architectural entourage such as that offered by Dosch Design.
· Please avoid any reference to existing copyrighted material or franchise.
· Only one entry per Contestant will be allowed.

All efforts will be made to have the Contest infrastructure in place and working prior to the starting date. 3Dallusions and the Sponsors will not be held accountable for any downtime caused by Internet or hosting service server downtime. In the event of downtime during final entry deadline date, the contest shall be extended the period of time that the system was down. In addition we will make every effort to contact members and inform them of the new deadline.